battle axe

See also: battleaxe and battle-axe

English

battle axe (plural battle axes)

An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat, including (in heraldry) when borne on arms as a mark of prowess.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page x:
  Another battle-ax, in the same collection.
(informal, sometimes humorous) A domineering, antagonistic woman.
(informal) An electric guitar.
- 2013, Kiley Armstrong, “"108 Rock Star Guitars" reveals battle-ax beauty”, in Associated Press‎^[1]:
  The instruments (one's named Baby) evoke tender talk from macho musicians. But some of these battle-ax beauties have seen more action than a roller derby queen: They bear the gashes and sweat stains to prove it.
(Australia, usually spelt "battleaxe") An allotment of land at the rear of another property, with a long, narrow strip of land connecting it to the roadway.
Synonym: flag lot

Formerly a term of mild opprobrium, "battle-ax" or "old battle-ax" is now sometimes a term of approval or self-identification for an assertive woman.

ancient military weapon

Armenian: տապար (hy) (tapar)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: atxa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰斧／战斧 (zh) (zhànfǔ), 斧鉞／斧钺 (zh) (fǔyuè), 大斧子 (dàfǔzi), 戚揚／戚扬 (zh) (qīyáng)
Danish: stridsøkse c
Dutch: strijdbijl (nl) m
Esperanto: batala hakilo
Estonian: sõjakirves (et), tapper, võitluskirves
Faroese: stríðsøks f
Finnish: taistelukirves, sotakirves (fi)
French: hache d’armes (fr) f
Georgian: ნაჯახი (ka) (naǯaxi), ცული (ka) (culi)
German: Streitaxt (de) f
Greek: πέλεκυς (el) m (pélekys)
Ancient: πέλεκυς m (pélekus)
Hungarian: csatabárd (hu)
Irish: tua chatha f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Kalmyk: балт (balt)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: kovos kirvis m
Maori: piharoa
Ottoman Turkish: بالطه (balta), تبر (teber), فاس (fas)
Persian: تبرزین (fa) (tabarzin)
Polish: topór bojowy m
Portuguese: acha (pt) f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: боево́й топо́р m (bojevój topór), секи́ра (ru) f (sekíra)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: hacha de armas m
Swedish: stridsyxa (sv) c, bila (sv) c
Turkish: savaş baltası (tr)
Ukrainian: бойова соки́ра f (bojova sokýra), топі́р m (topír)
Volapük: komipacüd (vo)

belligerent woman

electric guitar — see electric guitar

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [2]